Is Self-Sufficiency a Thing of the Past?
My parents were teens during The Great Depression. My father fought in World War 2 while my mother…
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Four Day Journey Around the Olympic Peninsula
I realize, right out of the chute, that many people reading this have no idea what the Olympic…
Life With Maggie: A Walk in the Heat
The dawn rising of the Sirius, the Dog Star, signaling the hot stretch, the home stretch, tongues lagging,…
Summer in Olympia
First, let’s get this out of the way, a small pet-peeve of mine . . . when I…
Looking at Life Through New Lenses
Technology is pretty damned amazing. It’s a shame it isn’t all used for the betterment of mankind; but…
Early Lessons About Simple Living Learned Long Ago
I loved Frank Zderic. Frank was my best friend through high school, through college, through adulthood, until his…